The $9 Trillion Climate Opportunity Hiding In Plain Sight

The $9 Trillion Climate Opportunity Hiding In Plain Sight

Climate adaptation is emerging as a high-return investment strategy. A new study explains how it offers economic, social, and environmental gains beyond mitigation alone.

Real-world return on climate adaption investments wildly underestimated, report finds

From one U.N. climate summit to the next, the struggle has intensified to secure sufficient financing from wealthy, industrialized nations to aid the world’s poorest, climate-vulnerable countries in their efforts to avoid climate catastrophe — even as the gulf widens between what has been paid out for climate adaptation and resilience, and what is truly needed. The U.N. in 2024 estimated this gap now totals as much as $359 billion in annual unme…

Resilient building offers big returns, study finds

Developers who invest in structures that can adapt to the increasing likelihood of flooding, droughts and other environmental risks create greater value for themselves and their stakeholders, a study by the nonprofit Urban Land Institute found. Benefits include the ability to quickly recover and maintain business functions after a flooding event, attract investors and reduce insurance costs. “There is a compelling business case for adaptation,” …

‘We don’t need a disaster to justify resilience’: Climate projects can bring big economic benefits

According to a new report from the World Resources Institute (WRI), every €1 spent on climate adaptation will yield roughly €10 in benefits over a decade. Why does this matter? Because it shows just how critical your donations are today. What you donate today has the potential to have a ten-fold impact on our sustainability projects – from forest regeneration to solar power solutions – in the future. Read more and donate here.   Article written …